By Mark Squibb | July 23, 2020
During the July 15 meeting of council, Bay Bulls council ratified a number of motions approved through email polls in June, most to do with upgrades to St. John’s Road.
Due to numerous conflicts of interest, councillors Joan Luby, Eric Maloney, and Patrick Coady had received permission from the provincial government back in 2019 for just three councillors to vote on any issue regarding St. John’s Road
The first motion to be ratified was email June 15 email vote to award the contract of St. John’s Road Infrastructure Upgrade Project to Cougar Engineering and Construction at a cost of $983,250 based on a 90/10 cost sharing with provincial government.
The second was a June 15 email vote to release payment of$4,326.88 to prime consultant Meridian Engineering for work completed on St John’s Road.
Two motions for approval of residential accessory building on St. John’s Road were also ratified.
